Automobile gate



March l0, 1925.

` E. H. BREMER AUTOMOBILE' GATE Filed Nov. 9, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 1irene/7 vl m* /tlwa l v 4W.

March l0 1925.

E. H. BREMERl AUTOMOBILE GATE Fnedno'v. a. 192s 2 sheets-Smet abbo: um,

Patented Mar. 10, 1925..

'is n. bannen; or GARD enovniown.

Tf@ i Bie it amen-ther '1, @aires f are United @stares endenl Gravenhtheeeuw Seite 'of' Iowa, have invented@ This 4inir'leiitir'r relates tofgat"structures normally open-to eini't the" passage of' ana amati-igea au'eenmaal 'eh-iai ijs edn:-

sti'nctdl' prevent-'the 'passage of cattle or other `animals there'tliiuAnetjse't @a as mme@ to prima@ a normally open gate jin a fence l-iiieadapted to permit the p'assag'feof automobiles which includes a platformelevated; abbve' the therese and which wat @freeway prevea cattle`"otheri animals fr'f'ih' through the fence as they' will be unable' andafraid 'to walk on) rsaid slottedY plat-` form. i,

Another object. ofthe invention topi-L vide ai platforinielevatfd`'above 'the vfgruiid in a fenCe'line, hav-ing"H1 bars arranged inspaced relation and at right angles to the direction of said fence line,certain of said bars being arranged to form track portions for thewheels of an automobile, and side members secured to each side of saidplatform and extending upwardly abovethe fence, slight inclines beingprovided at each end of said platform so that an automobile may ride upsaid inclines and over the platforms to pass through the fence, thewheels thereof riding on the track portions formed by the bars of theplatform, and whereby cattle will effectively be prevented from passingthrough the fence, through their inability to walk on the spaced bars.

Other objects of the invention and the cle-- tails of constructionforming the preferred form of this invention are specifically andclearly set forth in the following description and claim, it beingunderstood, however, that slight variations in the form or details ofconstruction will not depart from the object and scope of this inventionas herein set forth. i

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bien of the eldagainstfthevfentafce 'or eattle, and-f 3f vindicatfsopening? said'v fence in I,which 'is' arranged'y my improved vform ofgate including piers '4' arranged in spaced relationl on? fa'clrfside'the opening in the fehcfe- ''lertllerewitl 4' f Ai pila-wurm generallyimitated: 'at g5 is mounted on the piers lA includes av 'pair of 'anglernembers Gf mounted on the" tops of' the piersI aadf ceniieetdltheends;` by! side bars 7. Arran-ged ywinne and adjacent: each side bar arepluraiity' of track farming l spaced relation {wthf 'ach' otlieii 'fand'said side ars" parallel there f with, secured at theiffad andyYiiiteriedisagi bars1'8` arranged -i portions to the side bars by bolts9v which extend through said bars and spacing inembers 10 for securingsaid bars in track form'- ing relation with the side bars and a pair ofbars l1. The upper edges of the bars 7 and 10 are located about theupper edges of the bars 6 and 8, so that each of the bars 7 and 1 10form side bars forthe track bars, the

track bars 8 having the ends morticed as indicated at 12 to receive thelower I'iange ofV the members 6 so that the upper edges of these barsare positioned in the same plane as the upper edges of the angle members6. Connecting the members 6 and between the bars 10 are mounted aplurality of slot members 13 are arranged in spaced relation with eachother and with the bars 10 completing the main platform construction.

Mounted on each side of the platform and secured to the side barsthereof are side forming members 14; each having a pair of angularlyarranged members secured together at their upper ends as indicated at 15and the vertical strip 16 connected by cross rf a setienmiyiefw 'thetime Figi gijs trans-*verse sectional-*mw t'ff the gare'showig therese@-zmtaeimci"thereto,` an i ,v

-.form 5 on strips 17, the lower ends of the an le members y15 and thevertical strip 16 eing se- 'This approach whichfisindicated at 13 isformed injanysuitable manner, preferably b y filling in soil vagainstthe piers .4, and

'- sloping it off from the upper edge ofthe member 6 of the platform tothe surface of the ground 1 for the purpose of permitting an automobileto ride up an incline and onto the platform 5, in order that the samemay pass. over said platform and through the fence.

y-It4 will beapparent from the foregoing description that the new formof gate is always open for the passage of automobiles, the wheels ofwhich will ride up the incline 13 onto thetrack barsS between said bars7 and 10 and pass through the opening 3 in the fence from one field ltothe other. It will also be apparentvthat an animal inthe oneafieldattempting to pass `through the opening 3 will be unable to cross theplataccount of the bars being spaced apart and elevated above the ground`so that the animal will be unable to obtain sufficient footing to crossfrom one pier to the other or from one end of the platform to the other,and also because the open nature of the platform permits the animaltosee through the platform tothe ground below foracting o-n the animalssenses so that lhe will not attemptto cross the platform, By securingthe traclz bars 8 and the bars 7 and 11 together by the bolts 9 with thespacing members for holding them in spaced relation, a

rigid track` structure isi formed for effectively overcoming any naturalresiliency of the bars'in a transverse direction and for preventing said-bars'- from separating under the weight of the automobile as it passesthereover.

Wha-t1 claim as new is:

A gate of the class described including a pair of piers arranged inspaced relation at opposite sides'of an opening in a fence, a platformmounted onysaid piers and having angle membersv connected togetherat'fth'eir ends by side members extending above said angle members, apair of hars corresponding tosaid side bars arranged Vin spaced relationtherewith and extending above the angle members, a plurality of -barsarranged in spacedrela'tion'- Y and th side bars, spacingmembersy forholding said bars in spaced relation withrespect to the side bars` andthe second mentioned bars, means forsecuring all of said lbars to'-gether lto form vehicle track sections at each` side` of the platform,a`plurality of spaced bars connectingy said angle members parallel withthe side bars andA arrangedin the space between thetrack formingmembers,side members secured to the side bars and the fence and inclined.approaches to the ends ofV said platform whereby vehicles may passthrough the openings in said fence over said platform, the wheelsridingV in said track section and cattle are prevented frompassingthrough the opening in said fence bythe spaced relation of the bars inthe platform. v

In testimony whereof I affix my signature V`ELLIS H. BREMER between thelast named bars

